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Policy position: loneliness and isolation (PDF)

Policy Position Paper Loneliness (England) May 2019 Older people should have the support and opportunity to make and maintain meaningful connections so that they can enjoy life as much as ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Policy Position Paper loneliness are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s diseaseii and have shown that loneliness is also associated

Policy position: age friendly neighbourhoods (PDF)

Policy Position Paper Age-friendly communities (England) July 2019 Everybody should be able to live in an age-friendly environment that enables people of all ages to lead independent and ... communities England July 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Policy Position Paper means designing an inclusive environment for all ages to lead independent lives.

Policy and research update (November 2018) (PDF)

Warm and Well programme View this email online Please donate > Policy & Research Update November 2018 At Age UK, we are very fortunate to be able to learn from the work of local Age UKs, who run a wide ... programme, the evaluation of which we share in this month’s bulletin. Warm wishes, Jane Vass, Director of Policy and Research News To mark Talk Money Week, Age UK released new research which suggests that ‘being

Policy and research update (December 2018) (PDF)

Policy & Research Update View this email online Please donate > Policy & Research Update December 2018 This is the time of year when many of us look forward to switching off from work, turning on the TV ... over to a number of Guest Editors. Enjoy! Best wishes for the festive season, Jane Vass, Director of Policy and Research News Stark figures emerged this month of the number of excess winter deaths between

Human Rights Policy - September 2012 (PDF)

rights approach. Housing This is an area where the impact of human rights legislation is less developed for the whole population not just older people. This is partly explained as the right to housing ... (ICESCR) sets out specific commitments on the right to social security including the obligation to develop a national strategy for the full implementation of the right to social security in old age, and allocate

Policy position: Digital assistive technology (PDF)

Policy Position Paper Digital Assistive Technology (UK) July 2019 Older people should be able to choose well designed digital care and support which helps them better manage their independence ... be something as simple as a tipping kettle. This policy position focuses on new forms of assistive technology that have been made possible by developments in information technology, including telehealth

Health and Safety Policy.pdf

Policy_Research_Update_ June2019.pdf

1 Policy & Research Update . Policy & Research Update June 2019 Acting Editor for Jane Vass this month is Senior Research Manager, Libby Webb: Since the BBC announced earlier this month that they would ... report on dietary supplements. Read on for more information. I hope you enjoy reading this month’s Policy & Research Bulletin, Libby News TV licences: Research commissioned by the BBC shows that their meanstesting

Policy_Research_Update_ May2019.pdf

1 Policy & Research Update May 2019 Acting Editor for Jane Vass this month is Equalities and Human Rights Policy Manager, Emily McCarron: The rising cost of living, particularly for those older people ... possible, older people’s rights to autonomy independence are upheld. I hope you enjoy this month’s Policy and Research Update. - Emily News A third of mixed-age couples claiming benefits could lose out on

Policy_Research_Update_July2019.pdf

1 Policy & Research Update July 2019 This month we are delighted to welcome back Director of Policy and Research Jane Vass to edit the Update: The new Prime Minister’s inbox may be dominated by Brexit ... UK’s LGBTQ+ pages. We have also recently updated our Transgender issues and later life factsheet. Policy & Research Publications Decent Accessible Homes for Older People The All Party Parliamentary Group